Boy, is Lamentations a sad book! In one of the devotions in my Daily Walk Bible, it says “you can almost wring out the pages, so soaked are they with Jeremiah’s tears.” After all the guy has just spent years upon years warning his countrymen what is about to happen: the Babylonians are coming! And [...]
Read full post...I have never successfully read through the entire Bible. I have read large portions of it but I have never followed through with one of those Bible in a Year plans. There’s my confession to the world. I’ve always thought it was important to do, but I also believe you need to commit to it [...]
Read full post...This is an excerpt from an awesome article by Jennifer Rothschild about being a tool in God’s hands.
Jars and I have had an ongoing, antagonistic relationship for years. It doesn’t matter if they house pickles, salsa or jam.
The contents aren’t the source of my annoyance, it’s their lids that keep me agitated. I wrap my [...]
Today is the first day of the year 2008. Boy, that seemed far away when I was a kid. I’m not one for resolutions but this morning (at 2 am when I was giving Alexis her bottle) I decided what I needed to do differently in 2008. Instead of setting unrealistic goals for myself or [...]
Read full post...Our College & Careers class met at David & Karen’s tonight. I had wanted to have a time to celebrate the lost and forgotten holiday of Thanksgiving together. Instead of the traditional turkey dinner, Karen was outside in the dark grilling hamburgers and hot dogs in November. It was a great alternative since we’ll all [...]
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